◇ image via WikipediaMC Frontalot
MC Frontalot is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Optimus Rhyme, Die Toten Hosen, Wheatus, Parry Gripp and Paul Simon. Those roots explain a lot about how MC Frontalot arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as MC Lars, MC Chris, Optimus Rhyme, Beefy and Dessa, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into MC Lars, Optimus Rhyme, Prince Paul, Wheatus and MC Chris, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around MC Frontalot, reaching back through Optimus Rhyme and forward to MC Lars. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Damian Alexander Hess, better known by his stage name MC Frontalot, is an American rapper and web designer. He is widely credited as a pioneer of the nerdcore genre, blending elements of hip hop with themes from nerd culture.
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MC Frontalot connections
MC Frontalot grew out of Optimus Rhyme, Die Toten Hosen, Wheatus and Parry Gripp, shares an orbit with MC Lars, MC Chris, Optimus Rhyme and Beefy, went on to shape MC Lars, Optimus Rhyme, Prince Paul and Wheatus. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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